Considering 30-days investment horizon, Honda Motor Ltd. is expected to generate 0.45 times more return on investment than Navistar. However, Honda Motor Ltd. is 2.2 times less risky than Navistar. It trades about -0.45 of its potential returns per unit of risk. Navistar International Corporation is currently generating about -0.32 per unit of risk. If you would invest 3,653 in Honda Motor Ltd. on April 26, 2012 and sell it today you would lose (461.00) from holding Honda Motor Ltd. or give up 12.62% of portfolio value over 30 days.
Diversification
Significant diversification
Overlapping area represents amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Honda Motor Co. Ltd. and Navistar International Corp. in the same portfolio (assuming nothing else is changed)
Over the last 30 days Navistar International Corporation has generated negative risk-adjusted returns adding no value to investors with long positions.